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medical tourism [1 record]

Record 1 2013-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medicine and Health
  • Tourism
CONT

What's called medical tourism – patients going to a different country for either urgent or elective medical procedures – is fast becoming a worldwide, multibillion-dollar industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine et santé
  • Tourisme
DEF

Tourisme dont le but principal est d'obtenir des soins de santé à plus bas prix que ceux offerts dans son pays ou d'avoir accès à des pratiques médicales qui y sont interdites.

OBS

tourisme médical : terme et définition entérinés par le Comité de terminologie de Radio-Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina y Salud
  • Turismo
DEF

Turismo encaminado a recibir tratamiento médico en un lugar o país diferente al de origen.

CONT

El gobierno de la India lanzó una iniciativa para aumentar el "turismo médico", un lucrativo sector que crece a un ritmo del 15 por ciento anual pues cada vez más occidentales recurren a los hospitales indios. El año pasado fueron 150 mil turistas los que viajaron a la India para recibir tratamientos médicos [...]

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